Webber: 5 - Very disappointing. A lot of bad luck to be honest, but the guy just wasn't on form this year. Not sure whether it was the huge psychological blow that Malaysia was to him or that he was just getting old, but his last season was also his least flattering.

Alonso: 8 - A few mistakes, but he delivered his typical Alonso performance where he was the closest rival to Vettel in a car far below expectations.

Massa: 6 - Still fairly disappointing. I miss the 2008 Massa, I hope we get to seem him again next year, but I doubt we will.

Hamilton: 7 - Although he seemed strong at the beginning of the year, considering that he was in a new team, his performances slowly faded and the last few races he has just kind of never been in the picture.

Rosberg: 7 - A few impressive performances and some great overtaking moves, but seemed fairly anonymous for most of the season. Impressive first half again, like Hamilton, but once the Merc's advantage faded away, never did anything that stood out.

Raikkonen: 8 - A great win in Melbourne and some stand out performances. Consistently did a great job in bringing in good points and podiums.
Grosjean: 7 - Weak first half of the season, redeemed by the second half where he improved superbly and begun delivering podium after podium. I expect him to be even better next year.

Sutil: 5 - Although the first race of the year gave me a good feeling about his return, the rest of the season he made mistake after mistake and never really did anything impressive.

Di Resta: 4 - Made many mistakes and never did anything that stood out with the exception of a few good quali performances. Also whines like a fucking baby. Never liked this guy and always thought he was over rated, I guess this season has pretty much made that a common consensus. Di Resta isn't worthy of an F1 seat to my eyes.

Button: 7 - Considering how abhorrent the McLaren was this year, he did a fairly good job. Convincingly defeated his team mate and had a few good races, stand out being Brazil.

Perez: 5 - Very disappointing, despite the shitty McLaren, his performances were just plain bad sometimes. Extremely stupid driving in some races.

Riccardo: 7 - I don't see what made him stand out to RB, but nevertheless, he had a few good performances. His quali pace is very impressive but he seemed to be fairly weak in the races. I'm eager to see how he does in the front.

Vergne: 6 - Impressive race pace, a lot of bad luck. No real stand out moments or anything like that. Solid driver. Not many silly mistakes.

Hulkenberg: 8 - The guy definitely deserves a good seat, more than some others that are getting one, that's for sure. I don't quite agree that he is the next 7 time world champion driving god, but he is very talented and definitely the best of the non-front-running drivers.

Gutierrez: 4 - Sometimes I forgot he existed, other times I wondered what this lost soul was doing in an F1 race. Seriously, he was terrible this year. Showed some improvement towards the end, but for the most part of the season, absolutely terrible. With the talent that's out there, I don't think he deserves another year in F1.

Maldonado: 5 - I don't think he's as bad as people say, the man has obvious speed on occasion, he's a total nutcase though. I can understand why everybody's scores for him are so low, the last few races he was extremely bad. But he did deliver some speed near the beginning of the year.

Bottas: 7 - Rookie of the year, which honestly this year isn't saying much. A few very impressive performances. I think he could be very, very strong if given a good car. Anonymous in the first half of the year.

Van Der Garde: 5 - Some stupid errors, but did his job decently for the most part.

Pic: 4 - Who?

Bianchi: 6 - I don't think he's as good as people praise him to be, but he did destroy Chilton. I don't think that's a particularly impressive feat.

How has Sutil outperformed Di Resta this year? Neither of them did tremendously well after the new tyre spec' was brought in for Hungary and as development shifted towards 2014. In the first half Di Resta was on top. He was the best driver of those not driving for one of the top four teams until Hungary. He's had some decent results since then in India and Abu Dhabi (in both of which he outscored Sutil).

His qualifying was pretty awful throughout. He made up for this on Sundays though, see Monaco and Silverstone. The man can race.

You're right on about him making mistakes though. His crash with Grosjean at Monza and with the wall in Singapore demonstrate his failings. Ultimately this is made up for by his points haul.

I realise he's a bit of a baby. I tend not to judge drivers on their personality unless they show it on track. This is the highest level of open-wheel racing, not a gossip magazine. The only way in which a driver's personality is relevant is when considering PR. He is pretty shite at that, I'll give you.

You're probably right. I was a pretty big fan of Adrian's in his first few years and I definitely couldn't say the same for DiR, so my judgement was clouded when assigning that rating. Looking back at the results in more detail, I think I should've just switch the scores around.